Description

A large-growing hardy shrub rose, which produces an abundance of double light pink flowers in early summer; tall, bushy and upright habit, hardy and resistant to disease, a good specimen shrub; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Landscape Attributes

Lillian Gibson Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Lillian Gibson Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Lillian Gibson Rose will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.